- case study example
- formal definition
- activities : Case study analysis (Seeing the evidence); FBI (special agents)
- research - What is a scientist - http://www.middleschoolscience.com/i-am-a-scientist-isn.pdf List of forensic scientists - research the role - interview
Scientific Inquiry (Day 2)
- understand the difference between observations (qualitative and quantitative) and inferences:
- draw conclusions from observations and explain them using scientific knowledge - Dead animal mystery - The case of he missing teeth (p. 18 Food works); http://www.arkive.org/education/games/copse-and-robbers (interactive webgame)
- discover the science behind fingerprints, hair and fibers
- find out how evidence is collected from the scene of a crime and how it is studied by forensic scientists
Identification of substances http://sciencespot.net/Media/Valentines_mysterypowder.pdf
Code - Invisible Ink (p.75 Science Works); Magic writing (p. 110 Chemistry for every kid)
Escape Routes - Draft detector (p. 79 Science Works)
Fingerprinting - Whodunit (p.48 Science Works)
Determining pH - Kitchen Magic (p.88 Food Works); Cabbage indicator (p.190 Chemistry for every kid); Cabbage Paper (p. 192 Chemistry for every kid); Tumeric paper (p. 204 Chemistry for every kid)
Paper chromotography - Rainbow effect (p. 154 Chemistry for every kid)
Detecting iron - Drinkable iron (p. 112 Chemistry for every kid)
Starch ID/testing for starch (p. 104, 106 Chemistry for every kid)
Aging Paper (p. 86 Chemistry for every kid)
- make predictions- Magic Egg Predictor (p. 88 Food Works)
- test ideas
- think creatively
- draw conclusions from observations and explain them using scientic knowledge
Learning Outcomes
Science
What is forensic science? (Day 1)
- understand what is forensic science:
- case study example- formal definition
- activities : Case study analysis (Seeing the evidence); FBI (special agents)
- research - What is a scientist - http://www.middleschoolscience.com/i-am-a-scientist-isn.pdf List of forensic scientists - research the role - interview
Scientific Inquiry (Day 2)
- understand the difference between observations (qualitative and quantitative) and inferences:
http://mysciencelessons.blogspot.com/2009/07/mystery-footprtints-observation-vs.htmlhttp://www.middleschoolscience.com/footprints-isn.pdf
- Observation skills - scavenger hunt for a mock crime scene in the classroom set up by the teacher (evidence is "planted" around the room or outside for the kiddies to find)
http://mysciencelessons.blogspot.com/2009/07/scavenger-hunt.html
http://www.middleschoolscience.com/scavengerhunt-isn.pdf
Memory - hidden objects
Scientific Inquiry (Day 3)
- Interpretations from data
http://mysciencelessons.blogspot.com/2009/07/d-t-activity.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/dynamic/session4/sess4_act1.htm
http://www.middleschoolscience.com/turnips-isn.pdf
http://www.middleschoolscience.com/turnips.pdf
- draw conclusions from observations and explain them using scientific knowledge - Dead animal mystery - The case of he missing teeth (p. 18 Food works); http://www.arkive.org/education/games/copse-and-robbers (interactive webgame)
- discover the science behind fingerprints, hair and fibers
- find out how evidence is collected from the scene of a crime and how it is studied by forensic scientists
Identification of substances http://sciencespot.net/Media/Valentines_mysterypowder.pdfCode - Invisible Ink (p.75 Science Works); Magic writing (p. 110 Chemistry for every kid)
Escape Routes - Draft detector (p. 79 Science Works)
Fingerprinting - Whodunit (p.48 Science Works)
Determining pH - Kitchen Magic (p.88 Food Works); Cabbage indicator (p.190 Chemistry for every kid); Cabbage Paper (p. 192 Chemistry for every kid); Tumeric paper (p. 204 Chemistry for every kid)
Paper chromotography - Rainbow effect (p. 154 Chemistry for every kid)
Detecting iron - Drinkable iron (p. 112 Chemistry for every kid)
Starch ID/testing for starch (p. 104, 106 Chemistry for every kid)
Aging Paper (p. 86 Chemistry for every kid)
- make predictions- Magic Egg Predictor (p. 88 Food Works)
- test ideas
- think creatively
- draw conclusions from observations and explain them using scientic knowledgeScenarios - dead, lost, stolen, borrowed, accident (who's responsible)